Chillicothe splits with Wellston

Rylee Bouillion made her first start in the circle in 10 days and the Cavaliers suffered a few more bumps and bruises while scratching out a split with Wellston on Saturday. Chillicothe dropped the first game 6-2, but bounced back in the night cap with a 6-4 win.

"We were out of sorts in that first game," Chillicothe coach Greg Phillips said. "Rylee had to work through some rust, but it was good to see her back out on the hill."

Chillicothe struck first, scoring its runs in Game 1 in the first. Wellston only had one multi-run inning against Bouillion through her five innings of work - a two-run fourth. The Golden Rockets pushed single runs across the plate in the first, third and fifth innings against Bouillion, and added one more in the sixth against Kayla Keener.

Offensively, Bouillion finished 1-for-2 with an RBI. Haylee Large and Emilie Kemper each scored a run.

Chillicothe bounced back in Game 2, outscoring Wellston 5-2 through the first three innings. Keener got the win; she allowed two runs in the sixth but single runs in the first and seventh innings. She also had four strikeouts in the complete game effort.

"That second game was huge," Phillips said. "To come back in that second game against a darn good Wellston team ... as a coach, you just can't be more proud of a group of kids who had their backs against the wall and never once did anything but just go out there and play softball."

Hannah Ray finished 2-for-3 with a two-run homer. Bouillion added an RBI, and Large and Bri Dawes each added triples.

Chillicothe (11-4) will travel to Logan on Monday.

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Chillicothe splits with Wellston

Rylee Bouillion made her first start in the circle in 10 days and the Cavaliers suffered a few more bumps and bruises while scratching out a split with Wellston on Saturday.